Donna (2022) ScreenSkills Trainee Director Role

Ecstatic lipsynching in downtown bars is a far cry from Donna’s Baptist upbringing in San Jose; now in her seventies, her estranged siblings haven’t even seen her in a dress.

Donna is offered a chance to co-write a play about an overlooked episode in queer history, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, in which transgender women Donna knew stood up against police harrassment. She writes a character to be played by a young transgender activist.  Praised for her writing and emboldened by her new friends, she heads out of the city to meet her sister Gloria…

Donna is a film that shows the strength that can be drawn from your community and proves: it’s never too late to find your métier and truly blossom.

Empire **** TOTAL FILM **** San Francisco Chronicle ‘A Must See’

Director: Jay Bedwani

Producer: Dewi Gregory (Truth Department)

Trainee Director: Liam Martin